Your manual dexterity and meticulous workmanship is fascinating to watch, your commentary and the minimal intrusion of music makes your videos a favourite way to relax for an hour or two. Thank you so much for making these delightful lessons.
Just a big thank you Mark for your communication skills in explaining Watch repairs. Very interesting and your professional knowledge and demonstrative videos are truly enlightening. Thank you once again.
Your videos are great your channel actually got me into watches I still remember the day almost a year ago when RUclips recommended me one of your videos which happened to be the repair of the rusty Breitling chronograph and I was instantly absorbed. Stay safe Mark!
Hi Mark, excellent and informative video as always. Thank you and please do not hesitate to do more... With regards to the working under a microscope, not sure if you tried a stereo microscope. While other types of microscopes (with single eye piece or digital camera) do not give you the feel of depth (you have only a representation of the image on a a xy plane) the stereo microscope is different in the sense that it will give you the z axis-depth. My work on watches improved greatly since I have purchased my stereo microscope. And makes it so much easier than working under a strong magnification eyeglass. All the best, take care,
Hi Mark, thank you so much for new videos! I think you have the best job for a lockdown ! I am so grateful for your generosity in making these videos - I have forwarded them to all my mates and encourage all Mark fans to do the same: let’s get mark to half a million subs! Thanks again,
Glad to see your sense of humour is still intact :-) Thought you'd like to know that your watch making videos have enabled me to build a field watch and an aviators watch from parts sourced from the internet and modify a Skx007! so my lockdown has been rather productive Cheers!
First, I would like to thank you for every information I learned from you. I am a watchmaker twenty-five years ago, and in every video I find myself learned a lot from you. I hope that it will be translated into my language and I am now trying to learn English in order to understand all the details. Sorry for prolonging it.
I have always loved watches, but really never knew what made them "tick", but always wanted to...ran across your channel the other day and loving it. You have a great way of explaining what you are doing. Many thanks from New York, USA
Thank you for all your videos. Because of you I made my own custom SKX007 (regulated NH35) and am now the proud owner of five vintage Seikos including a Kinetic with six jewels! It needed a new capacitor so I got it on eBay for a steal and replaced the capacitor with your video.
Nice Q&A video! Really looking forward for the follow up video of the Seiko repair but the chinese chronograph and the Rolex are also looking exciting. Big thanks and keep it up!
Hi Mark ! I've always loved your videos and I'm crazy about watches so there you go. Seeing you wearing a Guinness shirt only increases my level of respect. Cheers !
Great video ! A question you've probably been asked a million times - watch winders, yes or no ? Do they cause more damage and wear to the watch in the long run?
You're of course absolutely right, especially in the case of the Vostok movements where there is no other way of adjusting the date other than laboriously winding on 24 hours to move the date forward just one more day in the date window... Or cranking the hands back and forth between 9.00pm and 12.05am. If you use the method you described here, then you really do run the risk of snapping the date cam spring, I've seen so many of these snapped springs that I now need to find a reliable source of new replacements. So, if your Vostok takes about 3 hours to change the displayed date, then it is probably too late, your date cam spring has already broken. Thanks for a really great video.. STAY SAFE 🧐👍
Hi and thanks for all your good advice. (especially the "how to realign the keyless works on an ETA2824 when you can't insert the stem fully, without removing the handstand dial." Very handy tip, that. Re. your items returned by Royal Mail purchases from abroad. Make sure they use courier-type services. RM and Parcelforce are incompetent. My wife had over £300 incorrectly charged by them for import duty, when HM TAX AND Revenue confirmed that nothing was chargeable. You cannot argue the point with the Mail, you have to pay and reclaim off HMRC! It's then a separate claim with Parcelforce to get their incorrectly charged handling fee refunded. Which I suspect is all RM/Parcelforce were interested in charging for in the first place. Took a year in all. DO NOT USE PARCELFORCE, EVER.
Could I get some advice on how to keep a steady hand when working on a clock? I started becoming interested in watches and started to work on small alarm clocks, but is hard to work with my unsteady hands. Thanks for the gifted videos Mark!
Thanks so much. I learn so much from your videos...I have a dumb question regarding 60, 90 and 120 click bezels....everyone seems to measure the quality of the watch by the bezel function. Can you--briefly--because you are a busy guy--describe the different mechanisms and why, these different mechanisms exist for watch bezels?
I had a Tissot 14k monocoque watch to replace battery and the crystal was pumped out. Better replaced but I have difficulty to put it back.. There are 5 components basically, the case, movement, inner ring, O-ring and the crystal. If you put the O-ring in place before the inner ring, the inner ring sets on top of the O-ring and it is mispositioned. If you put the inner ring first, there will be no way the set the O-ring in place. The crystal is 1mm smaller than the case. I got totally lost. Your help is highly appreciated!
Thank you. I enjoy your videos and they are also relaxing. Is that a CNC mini milling machine behind you? Maybe you could talk about how that is used in watchmaking sometime. Also how you have to modify and create parts when things go south. Forgive me if you have already done so.
It is a pleasure watching you work. I was wondering,perhaps this has been asked before. Have you, or would you give a sort of tutorial on different types of movements. To the uninitiated like me it is about aesthetics and to a lesser extent brand name . Without a more than layman's understanding of the mystery of what makes a good movement I don't think you can ever truly enjoy a watch.
Try an adjustable zoom stereoscopic microscope. My loupe's been untouched since I got mine about half a year ago. I cannot overstate the advantages of depth perception this gives you. I'd imagine it being healthier for your neck and back as well. If filming your work is important then they do make ones with a separate receptacle for a camera so you can film and access both eyepieces whilst you're working.
Your video tutorials help me a lot. Could post a tutorial, how to completly tune the etachron regulator? For eg. after changing the compete balace (with hairspring) on 7s26B and C, etc. Thanks
Hey :) I really love your videos! They are calming me down after a long stressful day and I´m trying to repaire some watches I have laying around here lately. I´m sure this question gets asked a lot but I haven´t found a good answer so far so here we go. I need a basic set of tools for my own watch repairing. I have some older standing watches but the wrist and Pocket watches are what I´m looking forward to. So can someone recommend me a pack of tool I definitly need ? Thanks in advance
I'd love your take on watchwinders for those of us with quite a few watches, some of which don't always get into my wear rotation. Intermittent use of the winder, or just wear them when one can?
Hello Watch repair Channel? What you do is so relaxing to watch and thank you for your videos Could you please help me to answer whether Hamilton Khaki field H50 movement is repairable or not? I am about to buy my first Swiss made watch either Tissot Visodate or Hamilton Khaki field. Which one would you prefer?
Hola. Para un reloj mecánico o automático que adelante o atrase hasta unos 15 segundos al día hay alguna forma de compensar ese adelanto o atraso sin tener que abrir el reloj por ejemplo dejándolo en una posición determinada durante la noche o dándole más o menos cuerda? Muchas gracias, saludos
Newbie here... Haven't had the chance to watch all you videos yet, but will subscribe right now. QUESTION; When talking about the main hands of a timepiece, does one, for instance, call the second hand the "Seconds" hand, the Minute hand the "Minutes" hand, etc. making each hand plural, or does it not matter? I've heard it said both ways, but since these hands count all hours, minutes and seconds on the dial, it would seem appropriate to call them in the plural form. I have many more questions that beg for clarification.
Hello sir, thank you for the watch repair videos you make. I have a question about leather bands. I have a seiko premier Ssa027, the strap for this watch has been discontinued. What other seiko 20mm deployment clasp leather strap would you recommend? The strap code for this watch is 4r39-00a0.
With one of my watches ETA2824 the milliseconds remain between 0,4-0,9ms on the Weishi. No matter, how carefull I move the pin both ways. The daily accuracy is fine at 3-4s/d, steady.
Great video sir! I like to know your opinion of the Orient Kamasu, Model: RA-AA0001B19B Calibre F6922 22 jewel 40hr power reserve Sapphire crystal 42mm Hacking hand winding 20 bars 200meters
I recently got myself a strap with integrated quick release spring bars. But I also found the tips of the spring bars are slightly smaller than the lug holes of the watch that I intend to fit the strap on. In the long run, will the slight size difference wear out the lug holes and make the holes bigger?
Hi Mark - do you do seconds hand alignments on quartz watches? I have a Citizen that needs a slight realignment on the seconds hand. Wondering if it's something you can do? Thanks
I have a question. In some seikos without hacking, when one sets the time and holds on to the crown while turning it ever so lightly counter clockwise, it will stop the second hand or even make it move backwards...2, 3 secs. The question is: Is this bad for the movement?
I'm working on a Cyma .234 at the moment and I'm not sure if I'm missing a part or the screw is broken. Next to the setting lever screw is a second screw which looks like it should long enough to go through a hole on the yoke spring end of the setting lever or the screw pushes something up to engage the hole , I'm thinking the second option as there is a recess on the under side around the whole. does this sound right ?
talking about non flyback automatic chronographs. is it true that if you activate the reset pusher while the chronograph function is running you can damage the movement?
Could I ask for some advice? I have a Seiko SNE with a solar v157 movement and it was my everyday watch for a couple of years until it stopped. It restarted just fine but then lost time. I made sure it was fully charged but it continued to misbehave. I changed the capacitor for a new one from Cousins UK and it will run sitting on the window sill for days without losing a second but if I wear it or move it loses time or stops altogether. It's driving me nuts! Cycling through 24 hrs I feel nothing unusual. Any ideas? Love the channel and would appreciate any suggestions for investigation. Thank you.
Can we adjust time counterclockwise like 1-5 minutes on Unitas movement? Because these movement doesn’t have hacking function. Not sure by doing this will damage the movement.
Great info. I have a question I never heard anyone else bring up. On an automatic, is it possible the safety mechanism can in-gauge before the mainspring is fully wound? This would prevent full power reserve.
surfitli Not sure what the in-gauge safety mechanism is. I would guess that the most commin solution is to have the main spring slip in the barrel when fully wound on an automatic movement. So it is the friction between the spring and the barrel wall that decides if the spring may get fully wound and and you use a special kind of grease on the barrel wall to make it slip properly.
A quick video to answer some of the questions and comments from previous videos.
Watch Repair Channel What set of screwdrivers do you recommend as I am just getting into watch repair.
Okay. I didn't see the reply..
Your manual dexterity and meticulous workmanship is fascinating to watch, your commentary and the minimal intrusion of music makes your videos a favourite way to relax for an hour or two. Thank you so much for making these delightful lessons.
Don't really have a question, but I love your channel. Thank you for the awesome videos
Just a big thank you Mark for your communication skills in explaining Watch repairs. Very interesting and your professional knowledge and demonstrative videos are truly enlightening. Thank you once again.
Really! And in a strange way relaxing. I think I've watched the rusty 7750 video at least 30 times.
Miss you much. Love the channel. Starting your courses this spring! Keep being awesome! And keep being you!
"Flattening the curve...of my waistline!" Well played!
Less eating out and the month of Ramadan is doing that nicely. I'm at 6 lbs and counting.
Great stuff. Keep ‘em coming Mark. You’re keeping us sane in these crazy days 👍
Your videos are great your channel actually got me into watches I still remember the day almost a year ago when RUclips recommended me one of your videos which happened to be the repair of the rusty Breitling chronograph and I was instantly absorbed.
Stay safe Mark!
Thank you for taking time to read this question. I've been learning watch repair for the last.
...enjoy your channel and have watched many of your watch "servicings". it was nice to actually see you this time!
Keep the video's coming Mark I have enjoyed every single one of them.
Hi Mark, excellent and informative video as always. Thank you and please do not hesitate to do more... With regards to the working under a microscope, not sure if you tried a stereo microscope. While other types of microscopes (with single eye piece or digital camera) do not give you the feel of depth (you have only a representation of the image on a a xy plane) the stereo microscope is different in the sense that it will give you the z axis-depth. My work on watches improved greatly since I have purchased my stereo microscope. And makes it so much easier than working under a strong magnification eyeglass. All the best, take care,
Hi Mark, thank you so much for new videos! I think you have the best job for a lockdown ! I am so grateful for your generosity in making these videos - I have forwarded them to all my mates and encourage all Mark fans to do the same: let’s get mark to half a million subs! Thanks again,
Thanks for the video, new stuff is always nice to see from you, stay safe.
One of the best channels on RUclips! Thanks for your videos!
Glad to see your sense of humour is still intact :-) Thought you'd like to know that your watch making videos have enabled me to build a field watch and an aviators watch from parts sourced from the internet and modify a Skx007! so my lockdown has been rather productive Cheers!
Greetings from Turkey. Love your channel
One of my Slava automatics developed a 15 min limpness on the hour hand when I set the date on it last, so this has given me food for thought.
Dude, congrats on the braces. Big step. I got them in my mid-40s and they sucked but sooooo worth it.
First, I would like to thank you for every information I learned from you. I am a watchmaker twenty-five years ago, and in every video I find myself learned a lot from you. I hope that it will be translated into my language and I am now trying to learn English in order to understand all the details. Sorry for prolonging it.
Thanks for the date change info. I will also pass this info along.
I have always loved watches, but really never knew what made them "tick", but always wanted to...ran across your channel the other day and loving it. You have a great way of explaining what you are doing. Many thanks from New York, USA
The "look" of some watch movements remind me of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Be smart and stay healthy. 👍✌
Thank you for all your videos. Because of you I made my own custom SKX007 (regulated NH35) and am now the proud owner of five vintage Seikos including a Kinetic with six jewels! It needed a new capacitor so I got it on eBay for a steal and replaced the capacitor with your video.
Great content, thanks for all your videos
Nice Q&A video! Really looking forward for the follow up video of the Seiko repair but the chinese chronograph and the Rolex are also looking exciting. Big thanks and keep it up!
Hi Mark ! I've always loved your videos and I'm crazy about watches so there you go. Seeing you wearing a Guinness shirt only increases my level of respect. Cheers !
Love your videos. Please Stay Safe.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. So xciting!
Thanks a lot for what you are sharing and showing ... and for your answer to my first question here.
Best regards.
yeah a new video!!! the best in these corona times thank you!
Thanks for you Mark stay healthy👍🌷🌷
Love the channel. I'm no stranger to close up work but have a long way to go before diving into any watch worth more than $5 bucks!
I cant wait for your follow up video on that rusted seiko. You are awesome.
Thanks as always!! Here is a suggestion for a topic - Tritium tube replacement or lume reapplication. Love your videos!
Thanks for sharing. Very informative. Appreciate.
Thanks for the great video mark!
Great video ! A question you've probably been asked a million times - watch winders, yes or no ? Do they cause more damage and wear to the watch in the long run?
Mate, before I go any further on your video !! I love the Guiness shirt !!
Thanks for another awesome video do take acre & stay safe everyone.
You're of course absolutely right, especially in the case of the Vostok movements where there is no other way of adjusting the date other than laboriously winding on 24 hours to move the date forward just one more day in the date window... Or cranking the hands back and forth between 9.00pm and 12.05am.
If you use the method you described here, then you really do run the risk of snapping the date cam spring, I've seen so many of these snapped springs that I now need to find a reliable source of new replacements.
So, if your Vostok takes about 3 hours to change the displayed date, then it is probably too late, your date cam spring has already broken.
Thanks for a really great video..
STAY SAFE 🧐👍
Thank you Mark.
i really enjoy your channel, Thank you.
Hi and thanks for all your good advice.
(especially the "how to realign the keyless works on an ETA2824 when you can't insert the stem fully, without removing the handstand dial." Very handy tip, that.
Re. your items returned by Royal Mail purchases from abroad.
Make sure they use courier-type services. RM and Parcelforce are incompetent.
My wife had over £300 incorrectly charged by them for import duty, when HM TAX AND Revenue confirmed that nothing was chargeable. You cannot argue the point with the Mail, you have to pay and reclaim off HMRC! It's then a separate claim with Parcelforce to get their incorrectly charged handling fee refunded. Which I suspect is all RM/Parcelforce were interested in charging for in the first place.
Took a year in all.
DO NOT USE PARCELFORCE, EVER.
Great video ! Thank you sir !
Superb information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
I was wondering when are we gonna get another Q&A episode and there it is 😁
Could I get some advice on how to keep a steady hand when working on a clock? I started becoming interested in watches and started to work on small alarm clocks, but is hard to work with my unsteady hands.
Thanks for the gifted videos Mark!
Interesting...
Keep Posting....
Thanks so much. I learn so much from your videos...I have a dumb question regarding 60, 90 and 120 click bezels....everyone seems to measure the quality of the watch by the bezel function. Can you--briefly--because you are a busy guy--describe the different mechanisms and why, these different mechanisms exist for watch bezels?
As usual..... great!
I had a Tissot 14k monocoque watch to replace battery and the crystal was pumped out. Better replaced but I have difficulty to put it back.. There are 5 components basically, the case, movement, inner ring, O-ring and the crystal. If you put the O-ring in place before the inner ring, the inner ring sets on top of the O-ring and it is mispositioned. If you put the inner ring first, there will be no way the set the O-ring in place. The crystal is 1mm smaller than the case. I got totally lost. Your help is highly appreciated!
Thank you. I enjoy your videos and they are also relaxing. Is that a CNC mini milling machine behind you? Maybe you could talk about how that is used in watchmaking sometime. Also how you have to modify and create parts when things go south. Forgive me if you have already done so.
It is a pleasure watching you work. I was wondering,perhaps this has been asked before. Have you, or would you give a sort of tutorial on different types of movements. To the uninitiated like me it is about aesthetics and to a lesser extent brand name . Without a more than layman's understanding of the mystery of what makes a good movement I don't think you can ever truly enjoy a watch.
4:40 I'm dealing with a bent hairspirng on a SEIKO 7009 movement. Hope it can be fixed
Try an adjustable zoom stereoscopic microscope. My loupe's been untouched since I got mine about half a year ago. I cannot overstate the advantages of depth perception this gives you. I'd imagine it being healthier for your neck and back as well. If filming your work is important then they do make ones with a separate receptacle for a camera so you can film and access both eyepieces whilst you're working.
Your video tutorials help me a lot. Could post a tutorial, how to completly tune the etachron regulator? For eg. after changing the compete balace (with hairspring) on 7s26B and C, etc. Thanks
What fluid that you use to clean the rusty movement of the watch.
Thank you. Keep safety, keep healthy
Hey :)
I really love your videos! They are calming me down after a long stressful day and I´m trying to repaire some watches I have laying around here lately.
I´m sure this question gets asked a lot but I haven´t found a good answer so far so here we go.
I need a basic set of tools for my own watch repairing. I have some older standing watches but the wrist and Pocket watches are what I´m looking forward to.
So can someone recommend me a pack of tool I definitly need ?
Thanks in advance
Great video
I'd love your take on watchwinders for those of us with quite a few watches, some of which don't always get into my wear rotation. Intermittent use of the winder, or just wear them when one can?
Hello Watch repair Channel?
What you do is so relaxing to watch and thank you for your videos
Could you please help me to answer whether Hamilton Khaki field H50 movement is repairable or not?
I am about to buy my first Swiss made watch either Tissot Visodate or Hamilton Khaki field. Which one would you prefer?
That was fun.☺
Hola. Para un reloj mecánico o automático que adelante o atrase hasta unos 15 segundos al día hay alguna forma de compensar ese adelanto o atraso sin tener que abrir el reloj por ejemplo dejándolo en una posición determinada durante la noche o dándole más o menos cuerda? Muchas gracias, saludos
Newbie here... Haven't had the chance to watch all you videos yet, but will subscribe right now.
QUESTION; When talking about the main hands of a timepiece, does one, for instance, call the second hand the "Seconds" hand, the Minute hand the "Minutes" hand, etc. making each hand plural, or does it not matter? I've heard it said both ways, but since these hands count all hours, minutes and seconds on the dial, it would seem appropriate to call them in the plural form. I have many more questions that beg for clarification.
Please do a video of a complete watch build...I am dying to d a build of my own with a Seiko NH36 movement.
Hi, Thx for your videos! can you please show how to lubrificate an incabloc with an automatic pic oil? (without remove the incabloc from the cok) ?
Looking forward to the Pepsi service
Спасибо было очень интересно!
Hello sir, thank you for the watch repair videos you make. I have a question about leather bands. I have a seiko premier Ssa027, the strap for this watch has been discontinued. What other seiko 20mm deployment clasp leather strap would you recommend? The strap code for this watch is 4r39-00a0.
With one of my watches ETA2824 the milliseconds remain between 0,4-0,9ms on the Weishi. No matter, how carefull I move the pin both ways. The daily accuracy is fine at 3-4s/d, steady.
Great video sir! I like to know your opinion of the Orient Kamasu, Model: RA-AA0001B19B
Calibre F6922 22 jewel
40hr power reserve
Sapphire crystal
42mm
Hacking hand winding
20 bars 200meters
In austria we startet the end of the lokdown this week after 6 weeks. Hopefully not to fast!
What a nice fellow
Do you do watch overhauls on pocketwatches and ladies mechanical wrist watches ? if you do I would be intrested
Can you explain screwdriver or tweezer magnetism and how to demagnetize.
Do you work on a early 70’s Accutron the one with the tuning fork ?
Have you done strip downs on sicura watches if so are they reliable
I recently got myself a strap with integrated quick release spring bars. But I also found the tips of the spring bars are slightly smaller than the lug holes of the watch that I intend to fit the strap on.
In the long run, will the slight size difference wear out the lug holes and make the holes bigger?
Hi Mark - do you do seconds hand alignments on quartz watches? I have a Citizen that needs a slight realignment on the seconds hand. Wondering if it's something you can do? Thanks
I got a broken breitling, maybe you can take a look at it. It's in pretty bad shape and i cant find a shop locally where they can fix it.
What microscope do you recommend for watchmaking?
I have a question. In some seikos without hacking, when one sets the time and holds on to the crown while turning it ever so lightly counter clockwise, it will stop the second hand or even make it move backwards...2, 3 secs. The question is: Is this bad for the movement?
when adjusting the time, will just positioning the hands at 6:30 , regardless if it's at am or pm mode, damage the movement?
boa explicação
Best polisher without causing excessive wear?
can you do any service,repairs or mods by post please?
I'm working on a Cyma .234 at the moment and I'm not sure if I'm missing a part or the screw is broken. Next to the setting lever screw is a second screw which looks like it should long enough to go through a hole on the yoke spring end of the setting lever or the screw pushes something up to engage the hole , I'm thinking the second option as there is a recess on the under side around the whole. does this sound right ?
talking about non flyback automatic chronographs. is it true that if you activate the reset pusher while the chronograph function is running you can damage the movement?
guiness shirt im jealous :)
Could I ask for some advice? I have a Seiko SNE with a solar v157 movement and it was my everyday watch for a couple of years until it stopped. It restarted just fine but then lost time. I made sure it was fully charged but it continued to misbehave. I changed the capacitor for a new one from Cousins UK and it will run sitting on the window sill for days without losing a second but if I wear it or move it loses time or stops altogether. It's driving me nuts! Cycling through 24 hrs I feel nothing unusual. Any ideas?
Love the channel and would appreciate any suggestions for investigation. Thank you.
What about dates that set bang on midnight?
Do you plan on rebuilding a citizen 8110a movement ?
Can we adjust time counterclockwise like 1-5 minutes on Unitas movement? Because these movement doesn’t have hacking function. Not sure by doing this will damage the movement.
Mark what brand of screwdrivers do you use,thanks steve.
Great info.
I have a question I never heard anyone else bring up. On an automatic, is it possible the safety mechanism can in-gauge before the mainspring is fully wound? This would prevent full power reserve.
surfitli great question. Would love to know the answer and how to fix it
surfitli Not sure what the in-gauge safety mechanism is. I would guess that the most commin solution is to have the main spring slip in the barrel when fully wound on an automatic movement. So it is the friction between the spring and the barrel wall that decides if the spring may get fully wound and and you use a special kind of grease on the barrel wall to make it slip properly.
Can rechargeable button batteries be used in quartz watches?
Hello Sr..i've a question Please give me advice. Should I wearing vintage seiko lord matic special cal 5206 ? or should keeping in collecting box?
I wanted to ask if all hairsprings are the same length or more to the point are the interchangeable? For example eta2824 hairspring with NH 35 A?
how do you determine if your watch crystal is fitted with glue or gasket fitted?